Kόkakepanu - K. Efthimiadou & P. Manouilidis - In Case of Loss

(c) Panagiotis Andrianos

Chords and Threads; two performers, one musician and one dancer. Failing and restarting, rewinding and reconstructing, a man and a woman are unfolding a visual and musical landscape of missing objects, situations, people that are seeking their way back, returning from Darkness into Light. Looking for the end of the thread – or is it the beginning? Konstantina EfthymiadouΆs captivating, boundless movement and Panu ManuΆs individual sound, create an intensely atmospheric performance. In Case Of Loss is an exceptional dance piece where sound and movement are being treated as a means to rewind space in the present moment, a manifestation of always being lost and found, unable to rewind time itself. Threads that look like orientation lines become puppet strings , restricting and at the same time guiding the dancer's body through space. An inevitable journey of constant return, In Case Of Loss is the magnificent outcome of an original collaboration between two very gifted artists.

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Conception-Creation: Panagiotis Manouilidis, Konstandina Efthimiadou
Choreography: Konstandina Efthimiadou
Music composition: Panu (Panagiotis Manouilidis)
Performed by: Konstandina Efthimiadou & Panagiotis Manouilidis
Lighting designer: Dimitra Aloutzanidou
Video art-Photos: Panagiotis Andrianos
Artistic Residencies: Garage Performing Arts Centre (Corfu), Baumstrasse-Dromos me Dentra, Kalamata International Dance Festival

Co-production: Kalamata International Dance Festival

World premiere in 24th Kalamata Dance Festival

With the support of:

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Kόkakepanu is the duo of Konstantina Efthimiadou and Panagiotis Manouilidis.

Κonstantina Efthimiadou is a State School of Dance (Athens) graduate. She has collaborated with Akram Khan, Wim Vandekeybus & Ultima Vez, Roberto Olivan & Enclave Dance Company, Jozef Frucek & Linda Kapetanea – Rootlessroot, Cristine Gouzelis & Paul Blackman – Jukstapoz. Her own choreographic exploration begun in 2012, and she has since created two solos Henshin and Lapses of Light and two group pieces Looking Forward τo Meeting and Mind the Heart. In Case of Loss is her new creation in collaboration with Panagiotis Manouilidis.

Musician, composer and orchestrator Panagiotis Manouilidis (Panu) is an Athens based artist. Panu has released three personal records and three records with the music band Lemonostifel. He is steadily collaborating with Michalis Siganidis and Vasilis Mantzoukis, as well as creating music for theatre and dance companies. Over the years he has worked with the National Theatre of Greece, Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Onassis Cultural Centre, Rootlessroot, and Martha Frintzila and has collaborated with several Greek musicians in recordings and live concerts in Greece and abroad.